Poodle Outfitter

Tracking Big Game

with Pierre le Gallant

Soon bear season will be upon us and if you’re looking to find any of these furry beasts you’re gona have to get out into the woods. My favorite spots are Roubidoux Canyon, Black Mesa and the wilds of the Uncompahgre Plateau.
I am the Poodle Outfitter. Logistics are my business.

There are plenty of methods aimed at attracting black bears. The most primitive, yet popular is to bury a dead cow and wait. Bear love the delicacy of carcasses full of maggots. They often bury their food before eating.

Another way to lure the bear into the staging area is o use candy. They love the stuff. Usually one can acquire seconds from Russell Stover or one of his friends. Simply bury the candy about a foot deep…and sprinkle a few pieces on the surface. The bear will find it.

The practice of stealing a bear cub from its mother might work but most likely turn into a fiasco. Baiting works better, and is far safer.

Remember that bear climb trees like chimps and travel at the speed of a slow cheetah. The concept here is to tree a bear not have the bear tree the hunter. Many hunters use dogs to tree the bear then shoot it from the safety of their entourage. How brave. I prefer to shoot elk because the neat is far better and the toy manufacturers do not offer a teddy elk to little children.

After one shoots a bear he has to skin it. I have an arsenal of tools for this purpose. Send my $70 and I’ll forward an exclusive brochure. I have mounted bear and lion heads all over my little dog house. Along with these is the bull elephant I shot in Kenya last winter and the polar bear I nailed with a #6 missile launcher in Siberia in June.

But no more free information. If you want to get out there where men are men call me on my 800 number and arrange a pack trip. Anyone can shoot a prairie dog or land a trout. It takes cajones to blast a bear.

July 2, 2016